wtf?!?! no!!!

[kuulani]

i just moved all my pictures off my harddrive and jumpdrive to my new portable hard drive. all my pictures.

then something happened ... i don't even know what ... but now when i plug in my portable hard drive, it says the USB Device is not recognized. I've tried to troubleshoot the problem, but I am hopeless ...

 

[Inkara1]

Emergency remedy: take apart the case, take the hard drive out and put it in your computer as a slave hard drive. It will certainly void the warranty, but I think you would agree the memories in the pictures are worth more than the drive's monetary cost.

that's a last resort, though.

 

[kuulani]

I'm not that smart

 

[spike]

Hook up that portable hard drive to someone else's computer and see if you get the same result.

Start with the easy things. It could just be software/drivers.

 

[pc_builder]

Oh man! That makes me kind of not so annoyed that my mom has her pics backed up on 3 devices.

But I've also had something similar happen to me a number of years ago. A harddrive crashed, rather, failed completely. Lost everything. Especially lots and lots of pictures.

Well I better get to archiving.

 

[Professur]

Um, don't forget, she's on a mac.

 

[Luis G]

That's why I always backup important data to CDs.

 

[BlurOfSerenity]

i am a mac user, and here's my experience -
when i first got my mac, i hadn't gotten used to having to eject my drives yet, so i plugged in my portable hard drive to copy some things onto my new mac, and when i was done, i just pulled the usb thing out.... and completely corrupted my drive. i took it to compusa and they tried to get in it, but it was fuct.
i guess what i'm saying is...
a- did you eject your drive?
b- whatever the case, try taking it to a computer-fixity place, and seeing if they can get the stuff off of it (they should also be able to inform you in the unfortunate event that your drive is toast )
c- in the future, always back up your pictures on cd's or dvd's! after my experience, i always do, and it gives me a lot of peace of mind.

 

[Nixy]

Ash, you're supposed to "eject" drives in windows too...for the same reason.

 

[BlurOfSerenity]

i thought so! and i always do now, personally, but my brother scoffs at me ahh well, he'll have a fried hard drive, and i won't

 

[kuulani]

Um, don't forget, she's on a mac.

I'm not on a mac anymore ... that's the problem

I'm actually using a sony vaio (my work computer) ... it's a piece of crap. It's the worst computer I've ever had (and that's saying a lot 'cause the work computer before this was a dell and that was better than this vaio).

 

[Inkara1]

Hook up that portable hard drive to someone else's computer and see if you get the same result.

Start with the easy things. It could just be software/drivers.

Did you try this?